The Lost Generation

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The Lost Generation
Interactive WebQuest
Mary K.
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The Lost Who?!
The Lost Generation is a group of American
writers in the early part of the 20th century.
They were morally opposed to Americas values
during World War I and World War II. Therefore,
each of the authors spent a large amount of time
living outside of America. European artists,
writers, philosophers, and other prominent
citizens heavily influenced the first
contemporary American writers.
For more background information, click here?
http//www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/H0856588.html
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We've lost them again!
Due to the recent current events concerning
Americas war on terrorism, the collected works
by each of the Lost Generation have mysteriously
disappeared. There is reason to believe that an
international terrorist is responsible for this
crime against American literature. Luckily, we
have been able to contact you to aid with this
dilemma. The quest which you are about to embark
on, will involve researching online three of the
authors that will be given.
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Your Mission
Discuss issues involving contemporary life that
you think the three writers would feel
passionately about. Hyperlinks will be given to
aid in your task. Your quest essay should be
double-spaced and three to four pages long.
Also, you may reference your authors literature
that you have already read or that you can find
in your text. Focus on the three authors works
and personal writing styles, that shed light on
their personal views on politics and society.
Three-fourths of your work should be involved
with the discussion of the authors writings, and
the remainder should discuss the hypothetical
views of the authors related to current events.
Choose three authors from the following list
T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Ernest
Hemingway, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald,
and E. E. Cummings. In order to research current
issues you may click here.
(link to end)
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T. S. Eliot
Biography and Links
http//www.poets.org/poets/poets. cfm?45442B7C000C
070D
Links to Works
http//www.bartleby.com/people/Eliot-Th.html
Discussion of Author and Works
http//kirjasto.sci.fi./tseliot.htm
Click here to go back
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Ezra Pound
Audio of Pound reading Cantos
http//www.salonmag.com/audio/2000/10/05/pound
The Encounter excerpt
http//www.english.upenn.edu/afilreis/88/encounte
r.html
Biography and Poetry Links
http//www.americanpoems.com/poets/ezrapound
Click here to go back
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Gertrude Stein
Picasso portrait of Stein
Biography
A Very Valentine
Short Story Excerpt
Lecture Quotation
Interview
http//www.english.upenn.edu/afilreis/Images/pica
sso-stein.gif http//www.english.upenn.edu/afilre
is/88/stein-bio.html http//www.english.upenn.edu/
afilreis/88/valentine.html http//www.english.upe
nn.edu/afilreis/88/let-us-describe.html http//ww
w.english.upenn.edu/afilreis/88/stein-on-differen
ce.html http//www.english.upenn.edu/afilreis/88/
stein-interview.html
Click here to go back
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Ernest Hemingway
Biography
http//www.ernest.hemingway.com/ turgenev.htm http
//www.english.upenn.edu/afilre is/88v/hem-quai.h
tml Mail to ernest_at_hemingway.com
Excerpt from On the Quai at Smyrna
Hyperlink to email of Hemingway expert Kelly
Dupuis
Click here to go back
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William Faulkner
Biography
Links to Resources
http//www.infoplease.com/ce6/ people/A0818337.htm
l http//www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/eg ibp/faulkner/res
ources.html http//www.htep.edu/mortimer/faul kner
/mainfaulkner.htm
William Faulkner Society and helpful links
Click here to go back
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E. E. Cummings
Biography and links to poems
http//www.americanpoems.com/poets /eecimmings/ ht
tp//www.poets.org/pets.cfrm?45442B7 C000C07000E
links to poems
Click here to go back to beginning
Conclusion
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Biography and links to book excerpts
Summary of The Great Gatsby
Online museum of Fitzgeralds works
Literature excerpts
http//www.online-literature.com/fitzgerald/ http
//www.gradesaver.com/classicnotees/authors/about-f
-scott-fitzgerald.html http//www.sc.ed/fitzgerald
/writings.html http//www.sc.edu/library.spcoll/am
lit/trimalchio/trimalchio.html
Click here to go back
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Current Event Links
The New York Times
Time Magazine
Greenvilleonline.com
The Washington Post
The Wall Street Journal
http//www.nytimes.com/ http//www.greenvilleonlin
e.com http//www.time.com/time/ http//www.washing
tonpost.com/ http//online.wsj.com/public.us
Click here to go back
Conclusion
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In Conclusion...
This particular WebQuest is designed to show how
writers of the past have the ability to be
applied in the present time. The validity of
these messages does not fade even though, it has
almost been sixty years since this literature was
published. Students should have realized at least
half-way through the mission that peoples
reactions to what goes on in society and politics
usually remains the same. The person working on
this quest is probably able to make a connection
to the messages that he or she reads about from
sixty years ago, with the contemporary statements
of today. The importance of being actively aware
of what is going on in the world cannot be
stressed enough. Please continue on your journey
for seeking the truth.